Queens Head & Artichoke — Restaurant in London

🚇 Great Portland Street 🍺 £6.70 Estrella ❤️ Victorian charm meets tantalising tapas. . The Queens Head & Artichoke is located at the end of a Victorian terrace near the south east corner of Regents Park. The nearest Tube is Great Portland Street which is a few minutes walk away. . When Regent's Park was created, several Inns were demolished including the Queens Head. It re-located to this spot in 1811 and the name was extended to the Queen's Head & Artichoke by 1825. The pub was re-built in its present form in 1900. . The decor here is full of old world charm with some stunning features, most notably the beautiful servery. The walls are clad in Georgian panelling and there is a striking fireplace with yellow glazed tiles. There is plenty of seating which is great but disappointingly it is not in keeping with the rest of the boozer. Another impressive feature is the tall rolled glass windows which bathe the pub with light. . The beer selection was decent and included two cask ales, my Son & I both had pints of Estrella, our pints were great if a little pricey. The food comes in the form of Tapas, there is a broad selection of dishes to choose from which all cost around £11. As we were both a bit peckish we ordered five dishes consisting of prawns, octopus, croquettes , chorizo and lamb skewers. The food was delicious and we really enjoyed it, we were both muttering “mmm” and nodding at each other for about ten minutes. . We arrived around 9.30pm on a Saturday evening and received a warm welcome by who seemed to be the Guv’nor. The atmosphere was chilled and relaxed with the majority of punters outside enjoying a warm summer evening. I must mention the service both ordering drinks and the lady who served our food, everyone was so attentive and personable. . The @theartichoke was a superb visit for many reasons. I loved the decor and the Victorian ambiance. The beer was decent and loved the food. The service was great which immediately made you feel comfortable. This is a must visit London Pub. 🍻 . ℹ️ Info correct on...

Hard to fault really. The pub doesn’t look like much when you first enter, but the restaurant section is lovely, perfect for a casual date or weeknight dinner. I had some nice sausage and potatoes, which needed a bit of seasoning, but then I had some excellent mackerel and salsa verde. The thing is right, London is pretty trash for salsa verde, and it isn’t hard to make. It’s one of those things you can make at home for £3 with 5 ingredients, but somehow London restaurants are bad at it. Maybe it relies on fresh food, which the absence of is the at the center of my prevailing theory about london’s food going from ok to bad. Anyway, I digress, the mackerel was good, the sausage and potatoes worth getting if you’re sharing. More of a side with sausage in it really. Needed more olives. My waitress was lovely, a had a Brooklyn NA beer, read my book. Was a blast. Would return, my...

Loved this place! Lots of my favorite things happening all at once. A super cozy British pub, the does tapas while blasting American pop music from 60s, 70s and 80s… Chaka Kahn, Hall & Oates, Aretha Franklin, on and on.

The food was really good and rivals many of the Spanish tapas places I’ve been to. The patatas bravas were cooked to perfection…crispy outside super hot and meaty inside. The blue cheese fig wrapped in ham…SO GOOD. They used super fresh figs. I like salads but get bored with lettuce. The Rocket/arugula salad with balsamic and Parmesan was very simple and very good. You can tell the rocket was super fresh and had a nice zesty flavor on its own. The prawns were good as well. Most tapas places have garlic shrimp. These were OK. I have had better, though. Staff was very...